Ok, I´ve got JDeveloper, How do I get BPM/SOA Suite plugin?

For experienced developer that sounds like a silly question, but since I have seen a lot of people with that kind of question in mind I decided to blog this, so here we go:

Step One: Where do I get JDeveloper from anyway?

You can get it from oracle web site, the exact link is constantly changing, but as of this date, the direct link is: this one

Step Two: Install the JDeveloper.

Important thing about this is that Oracle tells you that you need only 256MB to run it, but when you run BPM or SOA plugin that memory WILL NOT DO. I recommend at least 1GB of free RAM memory, I mean it. Yeah, it´s heavy, get over it.So, get the installation going, this might take a while:

Here I am choosing the default installation, all inclusive, after you get familiar with JDev, feel free to personalize it, but since you´re reading this, that might not be the perfect time for that 🙂

Once the installation is done, leave Run Quickstart selected and click on Finish.

Step Three: Adjust the JVM memory.

Remember I said 256 was not enough? Before you run into trouble with that memory adjustment, edit the file <JDEV_INSTALLATION_HOME>/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/jdev.conf and change the attribute -XX:MaxPermSize to 1024, just like you see in the picture(You are free to put any value you want really, but do it at your own risk):